Nukes

Key point: The Pentagon hasn't tested its missile defenses like it is supposed to. Americas missile defense umbrella is supposed to protect Europe from Iranian (and perhaps Russian) ballistic missiles. But vital tests havent been performed, and there are de…

Iran is taking its 'fourth step' away from the unraveling nuclear deal

Key Point: The F-15K has powerful sensors and bunker-busting bombs to take out North Korea's missiles... or even its leadership. On September 13, 2017 the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) test-fired a Taurus cruise missile in response to a North Korean ba…

Depending on how you look at it, the Internet turned 50 years old last week. On October 29, 1969, the first message was transmitted between two of the four nodes that made up ARPANET, the Internet’s predecessor network. ARPANET was created after a million dol…

Key point: If one side is immune from attack, it raises the risk of conflict because mutually-assured-destruction no longer holds. India says it has successfully tested an interceptor capable of shooting down ballistic missiles. But could this trigger a nuc…

While all abandoned places have interesting histories, this deserted Soviet-era submarine base has quite the story to tell. Hidden away from the public for decades, this top-secret military base was used to maintain and repair the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, an …

(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea confirmed Friday it conducted its third test-firing of a new “super-large” multiple rocket launcher that it says expands its ability to destroy enemy targets in surprise attacks, as it continues to expand its military capabi…

Key Point: North Korea has 13,000 artillery pieces that would kill thousands. Pyongyang on May 9, 2019 launched a second projectile, South Korean officials said. The May tests of at least one apparently nuclear-capable short-range missile startled foreign o…

(SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korea’s military said North Korea on Thursday fired two projectiles toward its eastern sea, extending a streak of weapons tests apparently aimed at ramping up pressure on Washington over a stalemate in nuclear negotiations. Seoul…

Key point: Although nukes would have likely worked, it would have heated up the Cold War and caused an uproar. In his 1964 book Gen. Douglas MacArthur (Gold Medal Books, Greenwich, Conn.), Bob Considine writes, MacArthurs final plan for winning the Korean Wa…